Right after the two little rascals came out of the shower, they saw their mother waiting for them.


    “Mommy, why are you here?” Isabel ran over to her with her tiny legs; Liam followed. Sylvia said, “Daddy


    has to workte today, so let’s sleep in your room tonight. I’ll be here as


    well.”


    Isabel nodded obediently and hummed a reply while Liam did not say anything. As long as they could


    sleep with their mommy, the location did not matter.


    Sylvia sighed a breath of relief at their calm reaction. Then, she got into bed with the two of them, and


    while she was sandwiched in between, she read them a bedtime story.


    The two little rascals fell asleep after a while.


    It was then that the door opened and Odell came in.


    Looking at the two little rascals fast asleep on their bed, his eyes showed a hint of delight and then he


    looked at Sylvia. His gaze was practically telling her to go back to their room since the kids were asleep.


    Sylvia had a nce at the two sleeping angels with their tiny hands on her. She turned to Odell and said


    in a small voice, “Odell, why don’t you go have a rest? I’ll stay here with them tonight.”


    Unlike Isabel, Liam was a cautious person and was always alert to his surroundings. He might wake up


    the moment she tried to get up.


    Besides, Sylvia could not just leave them all of a sudden. She should guide them properly and slowly


    and teach them to be independent on their own. N?velDrama.Org content.


    Odell’s expression turned grim. “Come down.”


    Sylvia did not budge, so he strode over and wanted to pick her off the bed.


    However, before he could even touch Sylvia, Liam opened his eyes. He clung to Sylvia’s sleeve and shot


    a begrudging gaze at Odell.


    Odell frowned at the little boy’s fierce reaction.


    The father and son confronted each other for almost a minute, and neither of them wanted to step down.


    Sylvia had to intervene by saying, “Odell, just go take a rest first.”


    Odell had a nce at her and decided to release her. “You have three more days. You know what you


    have to do.”


    Leaving his final warning behind, he had oncest re at Liam before leaving.


    Sylvia hugged the little boy in her arms and said, “Go to sleep, Liam. Mommy’s not leaving.”


    Liam protruded his lips in silence and hugged her tightly. A whileter, after he finally fell


    asleep, Sylvia also shut her eyes.


    The next night, Sylvia came to their room and slept with them again.


    The bedtime story she chose today was about a child being independent and sleeping alone. She


    concentrated on delivering the story but Isabel fell asleep before the story even ended. Liam, on the


    other hand, listened to the end before he closed his eyes and hugged his mother to sleep. Sylvia kissed


    the two little angels on the cheeks before she, too, shut her eyes.


    Three days went by in the blink of an eye, and today would be the deadline that Odell had set.


    In the evening, Isabel and Liam came home as usual. Odell was only a few minutester than them


    because he did not have to workte today.


    The moment he entered the living room, he shot a profound gaze at Sylvia, but she averted it and


    continued ying with the kids. She got up halfway through the game and went to the bathroom.


    When she came up, she was stopped by a towering figure in front of the door. He looked at her and


    asked, “Today is thest day. Have you spoken to them?” Sylvia tightened her lips. She looked like she


    had something to say but she just could not find the correct words.


    Odell wore a grim look at her hesitant reaction.


    “Odell, today I’ll — ” Before she could finish, Odell’s big hand already clutched both sides of her face.